Issue II Open Entry Contest

Arjun Hassard

Dear Libertine enthusiasts;

Is there anyone out there with a genuine desire to change the world? Are our role models new thinkers or simply pieces of the machine? Have we reached a stage where society can progress no further? Is being 'idealistic' pointless and self-indulgent? Can Justin Bieber pull off a beret? 

At first look, these questions seem a little cheesy. However, aside from the one about JB, these are the questions we'd like you to answer.

Your responses can be in the form of written arguments, art pieces, photo-stories, illustrations, poetry, prose, philosophy, psychology - whatever it is, send it in. Don't worry if your work doesn't stick strictly to the theme - this competition is more about ideas.

Take 'revolutionary' any way you like - whether that be political, musical, technological, conceptual, artistic, scientific, emotional -anything that can be changed by human action - the point of the question is to ask; are we happy with everything as it is, and do we believe in ourselves enough to change it?

The winner will be given the role of Editors Assistant for Issue II - which means shadowing any of the Libertine directors, advising on shoots, attending celebrity interviews, getting free tickets to concerts, openings etc ...and the possibility of joining the team permanently. That's right, we aren't fucking around on this one.

Top 3 entries will feature in Issue II.

Send all submissions & questions to: arjun@libertinemagazine.co.uk

DEADLINE: October 1st

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Libertine Stockists So Far

Natasha Kingham

Here is a comprehensive list of all the Libertine stockists in London so far. Go pick one up! They're free!

 

E1 – Shoreditch & Spitalfields

On The QT, 4 Dray Walk

Public Beware, 7 Dray Walk

Traffic People, 10 Dray Walk

Junky Styling, 12 Dray Walk

Rough Trade East, Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane

Café 1001, 91 Brick Lane

The Big Chill Bar, 91 Brick Lane

The Tea Building,  56 Shoreditch High Street

Luxe, Spitalfields Market, 109 Commercial Street

Absolute Vintage, 15 Hanbury Street

The Ten Bells, 84 Commercial Street

Menu, Spitalfields Market, 45 Brushfield Street

Urban Hair, 53 Brushfield Street

Ezymo Printing and Graphics, 4 Hanbury Street

Fred Perry,  Old Spitalfields Market, 105a Commercial Street

Office, 100 Commercial Street

All Saints Spitalfields,  114 Commercial Street

Behave, 17 Lamb Street

Vision, 8 Dray Walk

Hoxton Salon, 12-18 Hoxton Street

Son of a Stag, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane

Beyond Retro, 112 Cheshire Street

Hoxton Square Bar & Grill, 2-4 Hoxton Square

93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane

Rokit, 101 Brick Lane

Vibe Bar, 91 Brick Lane

All Star Lanes, 95 Brick Lane

Drop Dead Clothing, 184 Brick Lane

Exit Bar, 174 Brick Lane

 

N1 – Hoxton

Hoxton Boutique, 2 Hoxton Street

 

NW1 – Camden Town

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park

 

NW8 – St. Johns Wood

Zadig & Voltaire, 94 St. Johns Wood High Street

Oxfam, 61 St Johns High Wood High Street

Whistles, 51 St. Johns Wood High Street

Square One, 43 St Johns Wood High Street

Café Rouge, 120 St. Johns Wood High Street

Schuller, 33 St. Johns Wood High Street

Equipe Hair, 37 St. Johns Wood Terrace

 

 

W1 – Soho, Marylebone & Mayfair

Marshmallow Mountain, 5 Kingly Ct., Kingly Street

Traffic People, 15 Carnaby Street

Office, 16 Carnaby Street

WESC, 43 Carnaby Street

Vans, 47 Carnaby Street

Levi Strauss, 1 Little Marlborough Street

The Face, 1 Marlborough Court

Concrete, 35a Marshall Street

London College of Fashion, 20 John Prince’s Street

Sketch, 9 Conduit Street

Lomography, 3 Newburgh Street

Machine A, 60 Berwick Street

The Great Frog, 10 Ganton Street

Urban Outfitters,  200-211 Oxford Street

Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street

Hannah Barry Gallery, 110 New Bond Street

Green’s, 17 Marylebone High Street

Aubin and Wills, 26 Marylebone High Street

By Malene Birger, 28-29 Marylebone High Street

Paul Smith, 38 Marylebone High Street

Agnes B, 40-41 Marylebone High Street

Coco Momo, 79 Marylebone High Street

Matches, 87 Marylebone High Street

Oxfam Books & Music, 91 Marylebone High Street

Trilogy, 63 Weymouth Street

 

WC2 – Covent Garden

Addict, 3 Earlham Street

All Saints, 5 Earlham Street

Volcom, 7 Earlham Street

Mint Vintage, 20 Earlham Street

Urban Outfitters, 42-56 Earlham Street

Benefit Cosmetics, 19 Shorts Garden

Unconditional, 16 Monmouth Street

Tatty Devine, 44 Monmouth Street

Poste Mistress, 61-63 Monmouth Street

WESC, 16 Neals Yard

 

W8 - Kensington

Urban Outfitters,  36-38 High Street Kensington

 

W11 -  Notting Hill

Rough Trade, 130 Talbot Road

Rough Trade Vintage, 130 Talbot Road

Beach Blanket Babylon, 45 Ledbury Road

Jade Jagger Studio, 3 All Saints Road

Portobello Music, 13 All Saints Road

Rococo, 12 Elgin Crescent           

Kitchen & Pantry, 14 Elgin Crescent

Cinephilia, 171 Westbourne Grove

Question Air, 229 Westbourne Grove

Charlie’s Café, 59 Portobello Road

Portobello Gold, 95-97 Portobello Road

The Portobello Star, 171 Portobello Road

Oxfam, 172 Portobello Road

Nancy Pop, 19 Kensington Park Road

City Cycles, 215 Westbourne Park Road

B Famous, 25 Pembridge Road

 

W14 –West Kensington

Oliver Bonas, 113 Shepherd’s Bush Road

Brook’s Counter & Table, 140 Shepherd’s Bush Road

 

W3 – Acton

Churchfield Bar & Restaurant, 11-13 Churchfield Road

Angela Malik Cookery School, 6 Churchfield Road

The Park Club, East Acton Lane

 

SW1 – Chelsea & Pimlico

Chelsea College of Art & Design, 16 John Islip Street

 

SW7 – South Kensington

Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore

 

SE15 – Peckham

Hannah Barry Gallery, 133 Copeland Road

Son Gallery, Unit 9C Copeland Industrial Park, 133 Copeland Road

The Sunday Painter Gallery, 1st Floor, 12016 Blenheim Grove

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Bold Tendencies 4

Greta Hewison

Every year new young sculptors from across London exhibit their works on the roof of Peckham Multiplex, a seven storey car park off Peckham Rye Lane.

This year it is better than ever, with the revival of Frank's Cafe, a Pop up restaurant made of reclaimed scaffolding, and the Campari bar, so you can have a drink amongst some of the freshest artwork around, enjoying a panoramic view of the London skyline. 

The exhibition will run through to 30 September and is open Thursday-Sunday, 10am-10pm or by appointment. 

It is really worth a look, with works ranging from a mural made out of duct tape, to kitsch images of Spongebob squarepants

Floors 7-10 Peckham multi-storey car park, 95a Rye Lane, SE15 4ST

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Libertine Issue 1: LAUNCHED

Natasha Kingham

If you were unfortunate enough to miss our launch party last Monday, here's a little recap of what went down:

 The Place: Proud, Camden

The Time: 9.30ish

The Mood: Pretty Good

After a few drinks, we were all treated to Aaron Allerton, who performed a thoroughly impressive ambient acoustic set using a vast array of instruments. Following him was Babeshadow, who, despite the fact that one of its members had disappeared at Glastonbury, had everyone on their feet dancing and finally, Libertine favourites The Mockingbirds rounded off the night's live entertainment, with their standard blend of electro-folk-indie-harmonica playing cool:

House Dj Royston Daggers

Babeshadow

George of The Mockingbirds

Jake & Sam of The Mockingbirds

Will Babbington & Genevieve Garner, our Fashion Editor

All photography by Jack Mealing

Aren't you sad you missed it? Keep your eyes peeled for more Libertine events over the next few months...

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Libertine Fashion Editor interviewed by ALICE

Ceci Mourkogiannis

Earlier this week, Libertine's brilliant 18-year-old fashion editor Genevieve Garner was interviewed by online fashion news hub 'Alice by Temperly. Click here to read the full interview.

 

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The Mockingbirds

Ceci Mourkogiannis

New London-based fourpiece The Mockingbirds appear to be the first decent band to emerge this year. They've just returned from Cornwall, where they spent a month working on material for their debut album and, judging from the tracks they've released on their myspace so far ("Mayfair", "Jenny Don't Fall" and "Oxygen Thieves"), this is going to be an exciting year for young British music. Check out their myspace to hear the preview tracks in full: http://www.myspace.com/themockingbirdsband or head down to Mother 333 on the 25th June to see them play.

 

 

Jake Karno - Rhythm/Vocals Sam Cook - Lead/Vocals George Klibadze - Drum Machine/Multi-Instrumentalist/Vocals - Raven Beale - Bass

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Conscious Endurance

Ceci Mourkogiannis

The following is a short film made by 17 year old video-artist Oliver Hyde. The film explores the relationship between mental and physical states through following the experiences of several young individuals.

 

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Barclays Business Take One Small Step Competition

Ceci Mourkogiannis

£50,000

That's what's on offer in the Barclays Business Take One Small Step Competition. Libertine has just submitted its application, and it would be great if you could tell every man, woman and child you meet to VOTE LIBERTINE in the competition. Click here to register your support. Official voting opens on June 7th, so get ready for a mass voting campaign. This is one election where we want a clear majority. 

Last week, we also recorded a short promotional video in London. Here's a sneak peek:

The soundtrack for the video was generously provided by a great new band called The Mockingbirds. Please visit their Myspace to listen to the full track of "Mayfair". 

 

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We want to talk to Nick

Ceci Mourkogiannis

This has been a rollercoaster ride of an election campaign.

First, there was Cleggmania. Then came a rather embarassing attempt, on the part of the two bigger parties, to try and recover some lost ground by employing a mixture of fear-tactics and Obama-style rhetoric. Then came the inevitable: the Hung Parliament.

306: Conservative

258: Labour

57: Liberal Democrats.

So, despite a disappointing result in the actual elections, the Lib Dems are in a more powerful position than ever and Mr Clegg has become the most wooed man in British Politics.

Despite my support for the Labour party, I do honour Clegg's decision to discuss the possibility of a coalition with Mr Cameron's party. Clearly, the 'moral right' is in the blue corner, and a Lab-Lib coalition would most likely ignite a backlash against the entire electoral system.However, there are obviously fundamental differences between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems. They disagree on immigration policy, how to deal with the economic crisis, schooling, the NHS and... electoral reform.Nick Clegg has tirelessly campaigned for electoral reform since the beginning of his political career. The main argument against the current system is that it is designed to ensure a parliamentary majority (327) in a 'two-party' system. The poor performance of the Lib Dems on Thursday, coupled with the fact that the Conservatives have not managed to achieve a majority have both been cited as reasons to doubt the efficiency of our current first-past-the-post system.

So, it's not a huge surprise that today - as Nick Clegg met with 55 Lib Dem MPs to discuss how to deal with the current situation - hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Liberal Democrat HQ in London to call for electoral reform, in the form of Proportional Representation. Chanting 'We want to talk to Nick' for two hours before moving on to the Conservative HQ, it seems that Nick Clegg has become Britain's most wanted...

How he chooses to move forwards will literallly dictate the future of not only the British government, but quite possibly the entire electoral system.

 

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MixMag Sunday

Knez Rza

Day parties are underrated.

Kissy Sell Out launches his new record label San City High and everyone from Doorly to Jack Beats played, such a great kick off to the weather and more festivals ahead. Watch out for Kissy Sell Out and the San City High fam jam in Libertine, no kidding this is happening.

http://kissysellout.com/

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